Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Jibreel Khazan/Ezell Blair Jr. (1941- )
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(1868) Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man”
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Earl Robert Hayden (1913-1980)
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William Thomas Shorey (1859-1919)

Explore Global African History

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Bill Richmond (1763 – 1829)
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Didier Drogba (1978– )
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Samuel Johnson (1846-1901)
Ignatius Sancho
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Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
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Uncle Tom Revisited: Rescuing the Real Character from the Caricature
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
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The Racial Politics of Miss America

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators